Burdwan (WB), Jan 10 Sleuths of the West Bengal Special Task Force on Monday busted a drug manufacturing unit in Burdwan district and seized a large quantity of narcotics and other materials worth around Rs 65 crore, an official said. The STF arrested six members of an interstate gang and seized 13 kg of heroin […]
Machilipatnam (AP), Jan 10 Five students drowned in a river in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district on Monday evening, Police said. The incident occurred when the five were bathing in the Krishna river, Nandigama Deputy Superintendent of Police G Nageswara Reddy said. The deceased students have been identified as Ajay (12), Charan (13) Balayesu (12), Rakesh […]
Cuttack, Jan 10 Orissa High Court Monday affirmed a lower court judgment in which Dara Singh alias Rabindra Kumar Pal was convicted for the murder of a garment shop owner Sk Rehman at Padiabeda weekly market in Mayurbhanj district on August 26, 1999. A division bench of Chief Justice S Muralidhar and Justice BP Routray […]
Chennai, Jan 10 (BPNS) Actress and BJP leader Khushbu Sundar tested Covid positive on Monday joining a list of celebrities who had tested positive in the state since the break of New Year. Khusbhu in a tweet said,” Finally Covid catches up with me after dodging the last two waves. I have just tested positive. […]
Chennai, Jan 10 (BPNS) The Foxconn company plant at Sriperumbudur, the subcontractors for Apple iPhone is likely to resume operations from January 12th with a small workforce. The company which employs a 15000 workforce will have a full-fledged operation in a phased manner and in all likelihood, only 100 workers will join duty during the first […]
Chennai, Jan 10 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin on Monday inaugurated the vaccine drive for ‘ precautionary dose’ at Chennai. The vaccination drive is for healthcare workers, frontline workers, and those above 60 years of age with comorbidities. According to the Tamil Nadu Public Health department, 4 lakh healthcare workers, front line workers […]
Chennai, Jan 10 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin on Monday visited the ration shops in Royapettah and WashermenPett in Chennai and inspected the distribution of Pongal gift hampers. Stalin had on Sunday requested his cabinet colleagues MLA’s and district collectors to monitor the distribution of Pongal gift hampers to the people of the […]
Chennai, Jan 10 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu higher education minister, K. Ponmudi said that the state government has decided to postpone all semester examinations in the universities of the state given the surge in Covid -19 cases. The exams were scheduled to commence on January 20th and the minister said that the revised dates would be announced […]
Chennai, Jan 10 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu state health department said that 13990 fresh Covid cases were reported in the state on Monday. 11 deaths were also reported. Of the total deaths reported 8 were in government hospitals while 3 in private hospitals. The Test positivity rate (TPR) on Monday was 8.7%. In a statement on […]
Chennai, Jan 10 (BPNS) Tamil Manila Congress (TMC ) president and former Union Minister, G.K. Vasan said that the padayatra taken out by the Karnataka unit of the Congress party for the construction of a dam across the Cauvery river at Mekedatu was highly condemnable. In a statement on Monday, G.K. Vasan who is the […]
